The dish now had to be lifted vertically because one edge was resting against the side of the canal.
這次，盤子必須垂直吊出水面，因為盤子的一邊緊靠著運河河岸。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 43 Fully insured
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
conj. 因為;
?? cause, cuse 表原因,目的;司法程序,訴訟
"He was arrested because of his political affiliation."
他因所屬政黨的關系而被捕。
近義：since, whereas, for, forasmuchas
prep. 反對;對…不利;緊靠;以防;
?? gain =against (反對)#詞根助記：反對
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票贊成，五人反對，兩人棄權。
近義：athwart, agin
n. 運河，溝渠;管道;氣管;食道;
vt. 建運河;疏導;
?? can-, cann- 【希臘語傳入拉丁語】蘆葦,管;
"There the irrigation canal links up with the reservoir."
這條灌溉渠在那里與水庫連接起來.
近義：channel, chute, ditch, duct
n. 盤;餐具;一盤食物;外貌有吸引力的人;
vt. 盛于碟盤中;分發;使某人的希望破滅;說（某人）的閑話;
vi. 成碟狀;
?? 蝶”（諧音）
"She showed us a strange contraption that looked like a satellite dish."
她給我們看了一個奇怪的玩意兒，樣子像碟形衛星信號接收器。
近義：serve, supply, plate, saucer, plateful, tidbit
vertically
['v?:tik?li]
adv. 垂直地;直立地;陡峭地;在頂點;
"Line the pages for the graph both horizontally and vertically."
在這幾頁上同時畫上橫線和豎線,以便制作圖表.
近義：plumb